Shoreline Amateur Astronomical Association

08/25/2026

More info coming tomorrow...

08/25/2026

More info coming tomorrow.

08/21/2026

08/20/2026

Our SAAA Saturday evening programs at the Macatawa Bay Middle School are set! The school is now needing us to limit attendees to 30, so we are asking that if you wish to attend, to sign up. Here is the link: https://bit.ly/4quj36s or there is a QR code (see comments). Here is the line-up for our programs.
18-Sep-26 7:00 PM Public Planetarium Show
Solar System Adventure (Planetarium show)
International Observe the Moon Night (Presentation/Talk)
Constellations, Moon, Planets (Sky Tour)
3-Oct-26 7:00 PM Public Planetarium Show
Solar System Adventure (Planetarium show)
Saturn at Opposition (Presentation / Talk)
Constellations, Moon, Planets (Sky Tour)
7-Nov-26 7:00 PM Public Planetarium Show
Solar System Adventure (Planetarium show)
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Presentation / Talk)
Constellations, Moon, Planets (Sky Tour)

08/16/2026

Thanks to everyone who came out for our first picnic!

08/13/2026

Club member, Casey Bartman, is in Iceland, he was there yesterday to photograph totality. He sent this, and notes, "It was a rainy and cloudy day across the entire island but I grabbed this photo while out waiting for totality in Iceland."

08/11/2026

Still got your eclipse glasses sitting around from 2024? (Now, knowing our area, it will be cloudy...but in case...) Get ready! The 2026 total solar eclipse is occurring on August 12th, 2026. No complete totality over the United States this year. You'll have to book a quick flight to Spain or Iceland in the next 4 days in order to see the sun completely blocked by the moon. Still, here in Michigan, we will see a sliver of the moon pass in front of the sun. Percentage zones on the map are approximated.

-- Timing for August 12th --
Upper Peninsula
Start: Roughly 12:45 pm EDT, Peak: Around 1:25 pm EDT

Northern Lower Peninsula
Start: Roughly 12:55 pm EDT, Peak: Around 1:31 pm EDT

Southern Lower Peninsula
Start: Roughly 1:03 pm EDT, Peak: Around 1:34 pm EDT but, you can use timeanddate.com to figure out the exact timing for your city for the eclipse start, peak, and ending. The closer to Maine you can get, the more blockage you'll see by the moon in front of the sun. The northeastern tip of Maine will see 30% obscuration, the most out of any location in the continental United States.

08/08/2026

Public viewing tonight
8/ 8 9PM
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08/07/2026

Public Observing Tonight
August 7, 2026, 9:00pm – August 8, 2026, 12:00am, at Hemlock Crossing Public Observatory, 8115 W Olive Rd, West Olive, MI 49460.
The observatory opens at 9pm (weather and clear sky permitting, please check back-in here or our website www.holland-saaa.org if the sky is clouding up). The entrance to the park has a gate that is on an automatic timer. There are no entry fees.
You must arrive before the gate closes to enter the park. The gate closes at 10 pm.